story: CHAPTER XVII 
  
  A QUEER CAPTAIN 
  
  "You saw Dan Baxter, here in Pittsburg?" ejaculated Dick. 
  
  "Dat's it." 
  
  "You are sure you were not mistaken, Aleck? I thought that rascal was miles and miles away." 
  
  "Dat's jess wot I dun been thinkin' too. But it was Dan Baxter, suah. I knows him too well to make any mistake about his ugly face." 
  
  "Where was he?" 
  
  "Dat's de alarmin' part ob it, Massah Dick. Yo' know yo' tole me to find de houseboat." 
  
  "Yes." 
  
  "Well, I found de boat wid dat dar Cap'n Starr on board, an' we made all dem 'rangements wot you spoke about. Den I started to leave de boat. Dar was an eleckric light on de dock an' a man standing near it, a-watchin' de houseboat. I almost run into him, an' den I discobered it was dat good-fo'-nuffin Dan Baxter." 
  
  "He was watching the houseboat?" 
  
  "Dat's it." 
  
  "Did he recognize you, Aleck?" 
  
  "Not till I spoke to him. I said, `Wot yo' doin' heah, Dan Baxter?' When he heard dat he 'most jumped a foot. Den he mutters sumthing wot I couldn't make out an' runs away." 
  
  "Did you go after him?" 
  
  "Yes, but I couldn't cotch him nohow. Dar was big piles ob boxes an' barrels on de dock and he got away befo' I know wot I was at. I hunted an' hunted, but I couldn't git on his track." 
  
  "This is certainly unpleasant, to say the least," mused Dick, biting his lip. "If he is watching us he is doing it for no good purpose." 
questions: Who was talking with Dick in this chapter?
questions: Where were they?
questions: Who were they talking about?
questions: Had Aleck seen him?
questions: In which city?
questions: Where had Dick thought he was?
questions: Was Aleck sure it was him?
questions: What was he doing when Aleck saw him?
questions: Standing near what?
questions: What was the light on?
questions: Did Aleck run into him?
questions: Did he recognize Aleck?
questions: When?
questions: What did Aleck ask him?
questions: And then what did Baxter do?
questions: Did he say anything?
questions: Could Aleck understand it?
questions: Did Aleck go after him?
questions: Did he catch him?
questions: What did Dick think of this news?
answers: Aleck.
answers: "You are sure you were not mistaken, Aleck?
answers: Pittsburg
answers: You saw Dan Baxter, here in Pittsburg?"
answers: Dan Baxter
answers: "You saw Dan Baxter, 
answers: Yes
answers: "Dat's jess wot I dun been thinkin' too. But it was Dan Baxter
answers: Pittsburg
answers: You saw Dan Baxter, here in Pittsburg?
answers: Miles and miles away.
answers: I thought that rascal was miles and miles away." 
answers: Yes
answers: Dat's jess wot I dun been thinkin' too. But it was Dan Baxter, suah. I knows him too well to make any mistake about his ugly face." 
  
answers: Watching the houseboat.
answers: He was watching the houseboat?" 
  
  "Dat's it." 
  
answers: An electric light
answers: Dar was an eleckric light on de dock an' a man standing near it, a-watchin' de houseboat
answers: a dock
answers: Dar was an eleckric light on de dock a
answers: Almost.
answers:  I almost run into him, an' den I discobered it was dat good-fo'-nuffin Dan Baxter." 
answers: Not at first.
answers: Not till I spoke to him. I said, `Wot yo' doin' heah, Dan Baxter?'
answers: When he spoke to him.
answers: Not till I spoke to him. I said, `Wot yo' doin' heah, Dan Baxter?' 
answers: `Wot yo' doin' heah, Dan Baxter?
answers: Not till I spoke to him. I said, `Wot yo' doin' heah, Dan Baxter?
answers: Jumped
answers: When he heard dat he 'most jumped a foot.
answers: He muttered something.
answers: Den he mutters sumthing wot I couldn't make out an' runs away." 
  
answers: No
answers: Den he mutters sumthing wot I couldn't make out an' runs away." 
answers: Yes
answers: "Did you go after him?" 
  
  "Yes
answers: No
answers: "Yes, but I couldn't cotch him nohow. 
answers: He did not like it.
answers: "This is certainly unpleasant, to say the least," mused Dick, 